Maurice Gee, born 1931 Whakatane, New Zealand, is one of New Zealand's most distinguished novelists. He was awarded the 1978 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Plumb. Maurice Gee was brought up in Henderson, a suburb of Auckland and that frequently features in his writing. He completed BA and MA degrees at the University of Auckland, which subsequently recognised him with a Distinguished Alumni Award in 1998, and an honorary Doctor of Literature in 2004. He is currently married and has three children, one of whom is also a writer, Emily Gee. He is an Honorary Associate of the New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists.
The Fat Man. Auckland : Viking, 1995; Auckland: Puffin, 2000.
Plumb Trilogy. Auckland: Penguin, 1995.
Loving Ways. Auckland : Penguin, 1996.
Live Bodies. Auckland : Penguin, 1998; London: Faber, 1998; Scheuring: Black Ink, 2002 (German edition).
Orchard Street. Auckland : Viking, 1998.
Hostel Girl. Auckland : Puffin, 1999.
Ellie and the Shadow Man. Auckland: Penguin, 2001.
The Scournful Moon. Auckland: Penguin, 2003.
Blindsight. Auckland: Penguin, 2005
Salt. Auckland: Puffin, 2007
Gool. Auckland: Puffin, 2008
Access Road. Auckland: Penguin, 2009
Short Stories: First Publication
In at the Death. Kiwi (1955): 21-26.
The Widow. Landfall 9 (1955): 196-213. In GMC, CS .
Evening at Home. Arena 45 (1956): 23-24.
The Quarry. Arena 46 (1957): 6-10, 13.
A Sleeping Face. Landfall 11 (1957): 194-221. In GMC, CS.
A Girl in Blue. Mate 2 (1958): 10-19.
While the Flag was Up. Arena 50 (1958-59): 13-17, 28.
The Losers. Landfall 13 (1959): 120-47. In Landfall Country: Work from Landfall, 1947-1961. Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1962, 24-56. In New Zealand Short Stories, Second Series. Ed. C.K. Stead. London: Oxford UP, 1966, 255-95. In GMC, CS.
Facade. Mate. 4 (1960): 26-33.
Schooldays. Mate. December 1960: 2-11. In GMC, CS.
The Champion. Landfall 20 (1966): 113-25. In GMC, CS.
Down in the World. Landfall 21 (1967): 296-302. In GMC, CS.
A Retired Life. Landfall 23 (1969): 101-16. In GMC, CS.